The final countdown is on for the impending doom that awaits guests at Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights.

Halloween Horror Nights, Universal Orlando’s premier fall event, is set to return this year for a record-breaking 43 nights.

Halloween Horror Nights opened for its 30th year to some terrifying screams Friday night at Universal Orlando Resort.

After a pandemic-related absence of a year, Halloween Horror Nights are back with haunted houses based on the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “The Bride of Frankenstein” planned for Universal theme parks in California and Florida.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights will be back this year and the “ghost with the most” will get his very own haunted house. A “Beetlejuice” themed haunted house will be part of the 30-year anniversary celebration of the fright nights. There’s no word if Lydia or the rest of the Deetz family will be there, but there may be a chance that if you say “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!” the popular ghost may make an appearance. The fright nights begin on September 3 and will run through October 31.

ORLANDO, Fla. It's hard to scare the bejesus out of someone in a haunted house while socially distancing, which may explain the decision by Universal to cancel its Halloween Horror Nights this year at its U.S. theme parks. The company said Friday it wouldn't be hosting the celebration of all things scary at its Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood so that it could focus on operating its theme parks for daytime guests under pandemic restrictions. Halloween Horror Nights typically lasts more than a month starting in September, but its planned for more than a year. Last month, Walt Disney World canceled its annual after-hours Halloween party at Magic Kingdom that typically begins in mid-August. Universal Orlando reopened last month, and Disney World started welcoming back visitors two weeks ago.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Universal Studios announced Friday that it has canceled this year’s Halloween Horror Nights at its Orlando and Hollywood theme parks due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Park executives said they made the “difficult decision” so they can continue focusing exclusively on enhancing health and safety procedures during regular park hours. pic.twitter.com/72uyzTWDXE — Halloween Horror Nights (@HorrorNightsORL) July 24, 2020Universal Studios Hollywood remains closed at this time, while the Orlando theme park reopened last month. “We know this decision will disappoint our fans and guests,” a statement from Universal Studios read. But we look forward to creating an amazing event in 2021.”The announcement of the cancellation of Halloween Horror Nights comes as Florida reported Friday that it has surpassed 400,000 COVID-19 cases with 135 new deaths.

ORLANDO, Fla. - It's almost October and Halloween is right around the corner. If you're looking for some spooky fun, you can check out Halloween Horror Nights - now open at Universal Orlando Resort. Guests will brave 10 disturbingly-real haunted houses, five blood-curling scare zones filled with 'scare actors,' stalking their every move. There's also live entertainment including a brand-new, twisted nighttime lagoon show, 'Halloween Marathon of Mayhem,' and you can enjoy access to Universal Studios' most thrilling attractions. For more information on haunted houses, scare zones, and tickets, click here.

ORLANDO, Fla. – It's almost October and Halloween is right around the corner. If you're looking for some spooky fun, you can check out Halloween Horror Nights - now open at Universal Orlando Resort. Guests will brave 10 disturbingly-real haunted houses, five blood-curling scare zones filled with 'scare actors,' stalking their every move. There's also live entertainment – including a brand-new, twisted nighttime lagoon show, 'Halloween Marathon of Mayhem,' and you can enjoy access to Universal Studios' most thrilling attractions. For more information on haunted houses, scare zones, and tickets, click here.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Who are you gonna call? For the first time ever, fans of the 1984 Sony classic "Ghostbusters" will get to venture through their favorite scenes at this year's Halloween Horror Nights. An army of ghoulish spirits, hideous specters and ectoplasm-dripping phantasms will attack you from every corner, event leaders said. Fans of the film will also come face-to-face with Slimer, Gozer the Gozerian and the ultimate destructor: the Stay Puft Marshmallow man. Universal's Halloween Horror Nights runs Friday, Sept. 6, through Nov. 2.